According to Animal Farm, how is leadership gained?

is able to
lead the animals through wisdom, intelligence and organizational ability, even going to the
length of studying the battles of Julius Caesar to prepare for battle with the humans, but
sadly, in this novel, violence, cunning, deceit, betrayal and ruthlessness, all characteristics
of , win the day. Napoleon uses brute force--his dogs--to run Snowball off the farm. He then
spreads the story that Snowball was a traitor, secretly in alliance with Farmer Jones, and
cunningly makes Snowball a scapegoat when things go wrong. He changes the Seven Commandments of
Animalism, confusing and deceiving the animals. He has his dogs kill animals he says were
conspirators with Snowball, using violence to cement his control. He uses propaganda, most
notably delivered by , who is a convincing liar, to keep the animals confused. He tells the
animals, for instance, that they are better off living simple lives, and while they work ever
harder for ever less food, he moves into Farmer Jones's vacant house and leads the good life. He
lies about selling the ever faithfulto the glue factory instead of giving him his promised
retirement.based Napoleon on Joseph Stalin, who turned the communist revolution in Russia into
state terror and totalitarianism.